(EAST LANSING, Mich.) - The Wilmington College Men's Cross Country team finished 23rd in the Great Lakes Region at the regional championship Saturday afternoon at Forest Akers Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan.
 
The Quakers were led, as they have been all season, by freshman Neka Bukasa, who crossed the line in 27:09 for 117th place, an excellent conclusion to an excellent first cross-country campaign.
 
Following Bukasa was sophomore Braydon Buchannan, who placed 129th with a time of 27:22. In 132nd, competing in his final cross-country meet as a Quaker, was senior Bryson Robinette. He ran just a smidge off of his personal best in 27:26, by far the best performance at the regional championships in his Wilmington career. The Quakers fourth man was sophomore Simeon Williamson, who took 146th with a time of 27:38, a jump of nearly ten seconds from his performance at the 2025 Regionals.
 
Junior Keegan Kidd was the Quakers fifth man with a time of 27:40, good for 149th place. Competing at the regional championships for the first time since 2024, Kidd knocked more than two full minutes and one hundred spots off his previous best performance at the regional championships, solidifying 2026 as a bona fide breakout campaign.
 
The Quakers sixth and seventh spots belonged to a pair of freshmen in Samuel Quackenbush and Jake Vance, who ran 28:46 and 28:49 for 186th and 187th, respectively.
 
It was a strong performance from a young squad that, ultimately, lost only one spot in team rankings from last season's regional despite the loss of a pair of all-region individuals. The 2026 Cross Country season will no doubt go down as a massive first step into what looks to be a blindingly bright future.